But EVE Online has after 15 years just announced, believe it or not, instanced dungeons. And at the same time also introducing "transmuted" gear with stats tthorugh the process randomly become either better than anything, or trash.

I don't like it - do you think it has any relevance for DND or RoA? We know that Ub3r devs have drawn much of their inspiration from there.

There's nothing technically wrong with the markets now, except we still don't have buy orders. But the interface etc is fine.

But markets are stagnating. Instead of inflation we now have deflation. Where timber and iron was close to 30g three weeks ago, it is now going way under 20 (14g for iron ore in Sanguine earlier today). Huge amounts of reagents for 3g are amassing in capital markets. Nothing much is selling.

I believe the reason for this is clans no longer have need for the markets, they are self-sufficient where they live. I am sure most clans are happy with this, BUT Uber promised a game where markets would remain an essential feature for everyone.

The road towards this vision is simple: continue regional tweaks of ressource drops. Clans that live in different corners of the map should not harvest the same (rare) ressources, and they should therefore make use of the markets to sell those ressources they have lots of, and be able to buy the ressources they don't have easy access to.

I hope Uber will enhance the regionalisation and over time. With more players visiting, the markets would also sell more general stuff.

Title says it. Some player clan should try and set up this service already!

I know the problem is it's not very lucrative, as we normal players can't pay many thousands of gold to get something transported from a to b. It would have to be some clan whose players travel a lot anyway...?

See how easy it is to adjust taxing? Then why the f are you adding more taxes, when what is needed is a DECREASE of the punitive taxing and duration regime you have forced on us.

Everybody is screaming for more items in the smaller markets. Personally I have stocked 7 markets every day since launch, but I have given up on 4 of them and only supplying 3 now. These small markets are absolutely dead now. This patch is the opposite of helpful in this regard.

My point is not that I want more trollstaffs in markets, my point is Ub3r could reduce taxes by half, and at the same time double durations, on ALL items, by a snap of the fingers. Then markets would become more lively. Just do it already.

Crafting is important in DarkFall, but suffers from having the barrier to high skill being simply to produce thousands and thousands of identical items that the public generally does not want to buy. An improvement would be to have some of that skill gain linked with *other* crafting than simply copypasting the same low-level gear over and over.

Wurm Online has that.In Wurm, you create your item as in any game, but that is only the start of your task. You then *improve* the quality of your item, which takes much more time, many more actions than the initial creation.Similar dynamics could be launched in a DND expansion in many ways. The important features must be thata) the post-creation process uses up resources (iron, catalyst resources, special tools to polish, carve and file etc)b) the proces gives the crafter skill.

For example, the post-creation improvements could add durability or the marginal damage the weapon gives. We could also have weapon QL being any integer where your weapon starts at 10 and you can improve it to QL 15 or 16 or 27.There is also of course the idea of being able to repair weapons - again remember, this would cost materials so it does not mean that gatherers and crafters would lose their jobs quickly.

Such additions to crafting would lead to a more varied and meaningful crafting experience, and an end to the heaps of junk in the markets and inventories.

I forgot to check, how does the global bank function again? Are all coins in any bank always available, or is there a special account that you need to transfer coins into or else they are not available at other banks?

We now have riding skill, but how about adding a little bonus on the mount itself?Nothing earthshaking, maybe just let the speed vary with 5% and the health bar vary with 10% as an effect of a combination of mount age and miles.

It would be an added gameplay element, that you can train, buy and sell (and steal) mounts with different value. It should be possible for the game to make checks for mount skills, in the old days we had horses with different weight, so why not. And some mouse hovering info can help you pick the right horse from your inventory.

"our current direction is underwhelming ""our decision as a team to focus in on making Darkfall: Rise of Agon much more casual friendly"

First up, they must be doing really awful subscription-wise if they go out and proclaim it openly.

Second, it sounds to me like the two games will become even more different, which I only see as an advantage for DND. From what I have gleamed through random postings, ROA was already the game where you can reach "endgame" much faster than in DND. Now they aim to welcome players to "arena-PvP" from day one?Meanwhile, I think many of those that are holding out for DND have nothing against a good grind, and are capable of accepting that there can be different players with differences in accumulated strengths and advantages, maybe even better gear than you have for the moment.

So, dynamic/regional spawns - are now launching in that other DarkFall game. Just sayin'

If DND is serious about sandboxiness and having many types of players mixing it up in the game, we need this longterm.Hunting rare mushrooms in A Tale in the Desert, those that only spawned for half an hour in the middle of the night in faraway places, was INSANELY fun. Similar in Mortal Online.

Such things would turn me and many other city-dwelling carebears into loot pinatas.

Short version:Courier contracts would be a great thing once the local banks kick in.

The longer version:Many players are apprehensive about getting their stuff moved around when there is no global bank anymore. It is said that some will leave when being ganked while struggling on the roads. A courier contract system will allow you to set up a contract to transport your stuff from bank A to bank B by any random player. Said player will have to pay a collateral deposit, the size of which you decide. Once delivered to bank B, the courier guy gets his deposit back plus his reward. The trick is that while the contract is active, the courier guy holds the parcel, but none of the players hold the moneys. That money will go to either player, depending of whether the contract is fulfilled within a given time or not.(In EVE there is a system added whereby you can hide the contents of the parcel, allowing you to lower the collateral size - if you dare)

Courier contracts would ease the burden of transport for some players, while opening a whole new career opportunity for other players. There would be no waiting around for other players, or even having to advertise your contract, if it is all shown in a single user interface.

There should also be a function whereby you can issue the contract to a *specific* player, i.e. your friend, or someone in your clan who has the role of logistics officer.(This all assumes of course that we can remotely access and manipulate our bank inventories in other cities, so we can set up the contract)